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Jonathan Brown

Joined the USAF out of Mississippi to fight the war on terror, because I believed in it. After moving to California, I was exposed to the peace movement, and began exposing myself to the philosophy of non-aggression. I was heavily influenced by the music of Derek Webb (who I highly recommend). I came to the conclusion that our undeclared wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not only unconstitutional, but highly immoral by Christian standards. Unfortunately I still had 4 years left to serve in the Air Force. I was also still highly conservative, and was elated to find Ron Paul, early in 2007. I campaigned vigorously and made a full conversion to libertarian political philosophy and free market economic theory. I volunteered to deploy to Baghdad in 2009 as an Intel Analyst. I wanted to see for myself, to verify the ideas that I had formulated in my mind. I wanted to validate my convictions. Everything I saw was waste and devastation. I was fortunate enough to develop relationships with my Iraqi counterparts, and I hope to go back one day in an aide capacity. I am joining IVAW because while I was afraid to before, I am now convinced that the work is too important and needed for me not to take part.

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Branch of Service:

United States Air Force

Unit(s):

326th TRS, Lackland AFB, TX 318th TRS, Medina Annex, Lackland AFB, TX 311th TRS, Presidio of Monterey, CA 316th TRS, Goodfellow AFB, TX 31st Intelligence Squadron, Ft. Gordon, GA MNF-I J2 - Camp Slayer, Baghdad, Iraq USF-I J2FWD - International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq 3rd Intelligence Squadron, Ft. Gordon, GA

Military Occupation:

1N351 - Cryptologic Language Analyst - Modern Standard Arabic, Iraqi Arabic 1N051 - All-Source Intelligence Analyst

Where Served:

See Above: San Antonio, TX; Monterey, CA; San Angelo, TX; Augusta, GA; Baghdad, Iraq, Irbil, Kurdistan

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